IN THE HANCOCK COLLECTION. 23 



Case. 



Fam. MEROPID^E. 



Genua. MEROPS. 



8. Bee Eater. Merops apiaster, Linn. 

 Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



Constantinople, 1864. 



Presented by T. Robson. 



Fam. ALCEDINID^E. 

 Genus. ALCEDO. 



9. Kingfisher. Alcedo ispida, Linn. 

 No. 1 (left). Immature. 



Ouseburn, Newcastle, previous to the year 1832. 

 ,, 2 (centre). Immature male. 



Ouseburn, Newcastle, Nov., 1832. 

 ,, (right). Mature male. 



Caught on the nest with the female at 



Bishop Auckland, 1835. 



Fam. UPUPID.E. 



Genus. UPUPA. 



10. Hoopoe. Upupa epops, Linn. 



No. 1 (upper, flying). 



Caught upon the rigging of a ship coming into 

 the Tyne about the year 1848. 

 „ 2 (left). 



Shot on the coast between Cullercoats and "Whitley 

 on the coronation day of King William, Sept. 

 4th, 1831, by Thos. Harvey in company with 

 J. Hancock. 

 „ 3 (right). 



Found dead in the garden at Beadnell Tower, 

 Northumberland, Nov., 1895. 

 Presented by Alfred Allhusen, Esq., Beadnell Tower, 

 Stuffed by J. Jackson. 



